Mar 20, 2020 · Currently kit bashing the Occre model of the HMS Beagle using Marquardt's Anatomy of the Ship book. Scale is 1:64. Am using kit as a help for this my second project rather than attempt complete build from scratch.

Oct 30, 2023 · Hey guys, I wanted to share and document my journey through my first build. After countless videos, messages, posts, articles, I purchased my first kit from OcCre and have now started. I am buying tools, etc. along the way and will comment on …

Jan 29, 2023 · I have the Occre kit Hms Beagle. My aim is to build the kit as authentically as possible within the constraints of the models scale. Can anybody help with this? Areas of concern at present are:-- Correct deck planking pattern. Did Beagle have traditional nibbling strip. Authentic colour scheme...

May 29, 2020 · Hi, this is my first kit, so far I have only built according to plans. I withdraw to avoid mistakes, I do them anyway and then I try to correct them.

Oct 30, 2023 · The Beagle will always have a special place as my first build. I am extremely proud of her and very, very happy to be able to say I have completed my first build.

Jan 30, 2024 · This was by first attempt at model ship building. Found lots of great videos showing how to build it. Now attempting the Black Pearl.

Nov 10, 2021 · So I've been building this now for almost 2 months now and I'll catch you up because my build has been on a different site.

Aug 26, 2023 · Satin finishes always look better than glossy ones. Some modelers would make their models in an all natural wood finish, then spoil the appearance by making it look like the entire ship was dipped in glass. To me, that looks like a souvenir you purchased on vacation in the Bahamas and not a model ship.

Jan 14, 2023 · I bought the Occre Beagle kit and then I bought Anatomy of the Ship book by Marquardt for the Beagle. I found numerous scale errors in the kit. The forecastle is built flat in the kit whereas the actual ship had a rise towards the bow. The sides of the kit hull do no curve in at the top like the...

Sep 26, 2023 · Before WW2, HMS Beagle was part of the British naval force deployed to Jaffa, Palestine, to help support British forces trying to quell a revolt which unfortunately this would lead to the British Empire reaching the point of feeling like they had exhausted all their options to sort out Palestine and so they have to accept and let the 2 sides to kill each other as Major …